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ENG 10 DO NOW 9/8/14

What do you think the following abbreviations mean? (Hint, I wrote them on essays as I graded)

1.R.O=

2.C.S.=

3.Frag.=

4.Diction=

5.Awk.=

6.Trans.=

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

Students demonstrate how well they grew in their personalized grammar lesson by taking the 3 quizzes on NoRedInk about the three most common errors on the essays.

Students who still need to practice may today, but there will be no additional time granted tomorrow for practice.

Once done with the quiz, students will begin to revise their essays at a table using a pen/pencil

WEEK 6 AGENDA

Tuesday: Deadline for all quizzes. Start Peer Reviews for Grammar.

Wednesday: Lecture based on quiz results. 20 minute essay workshop

Thursday: Start our next short story.

Friday: Essay Rewrites due with the original

7TH PD ENGLISH ENRICHMENT

Decide which of the following groups of words are run-on sentences.

_ If the group of words is a correct sentence, write S; if it is a run-on, write R-O.

______ 1. Brown bears include the grizzly and the kodiak, the largest brown bear is the kodiak.

______ 2. Kodiak bears weigh as much as 1,700 pounds, they grow to a height of ten feet.

______ 3. Bears can live more than 30 years in the wild.

______ 4. Bears’ sense of smell is more developed than their hearing or sight.

ENGLISH 10 DO NOW 9/9/14

What deadline is the end of class today?

What assignments make up the majority of your grade so far?

How can you improve your essay grade?

ENGLISH 10 DO NOW 9/10/14

Identify the following as either a sentence fragment (frag.) or sentence (S).

1. Even though I already tried to type my essay once.

2. Why the essay wasn’t turned in.3. Charles in charge of our days and

our nights.4. I once was a young warthog.HW: Revise your essay focusing on grammar

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS 9/10

Students will be able to distinguish sentence fragments from sentences.

Students will be able to identify and correct run-on sentences using more than one method.

ESSAY ERRORS: NOTES

Sentence: contains a subject, verb and expresses a complete thought.

Fragment- looks like a sentence but is missing one of the three elements

Run-On: (you should have this one already)

ENGLISH 10 DO NOW 9/11/14

Two part Do Now:

1. Identify which of the following is a run-on and then correct it.

A. Cheesus is the name given to a grilled cheese sandwich that had a burn mark in the shape of Jesus.

B. Tiny gnomes sneak into my house at night they eat holes in my underwear.

2. If you received your essay back, which errors did you see on your paper? R.O.? C.S.? Frag.? Awk? Trans.? Which error s did you commit the most of?

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

Students will self-assess their ability to identify run-ons, fragments and sentences by correcting their practice homework.

Students will then apply their knowledge to correct run-ons in the class activity today.

HW: Correct/Revise your essay.

ENGLISH 10 DO NOW 9/12/14

Gather all your Do Nows from this week. Take off teeth if necessary, write your name, and period on every sheet of paper.

Get up only once to do all/any of the following:

Staple your Do Nows

Take your teeth to the dentist

Turn in Do Nows to US Mail Box

Have your homework out on your desk.

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

Students self-reflect and decide on what work needs to be focused on.

Options:

1. Work on revising your essay

2. Write your essay

3. Do the “Friday Practice Assignment” on noredink for grammar points.